BRICS foreign ministers meet in Cape Town, South Africa, in June 2023. Jaco Marais/Die Burger/Gallo Images via Getty Images August 18, 2023 As BRICS cooperation accelerates, is it time for the US to develop a BRICS policy? Mihaela Papa, Tufts University; Frank O'Donnell, Boston College, and Zhen Han, Sacred Heart University BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – compose 41% of the world population and almost a third of global GDP.